How can I calm panicked units?I'll add this here since it is a bit of a tangent. My advice is to not waste medpacks on soldiers who are bleeding out. The permanent will decrease makes them too prone to panic and a liability in later missions. Of course, if they die, then they my trigger panic in your other soldiers, so on occasion I do save them only to dismiss them once they heal up.

What determines mission difficulty?My first time getting deep into classic mode I was taking my time and every mission was getting really packed with very tough enemies. My next playthrough I rushed all the storyline stuff and breezed through it. it definitely feels like it is game time based and not related to story (with the small exception that the first encounter with a given species is story based).

Nov25

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Can I turn off Ability Tips?As mentioned, get used to using the direct keys when possible, the numbers change from unit to unit and move to move. Personally, I bind overwatch to ` so it is easy to overwatch/tab through all remaining soldiers.

Mar21

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Do mods prevent you from achieving achievements?I just completed a game with several mods enabled (all of which had "Affects Save Games" set to No) and didn't get credit for achievements, but was able to go back to my last autosave with no mods and get credit.